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JOHN HIDDEN, OFLAWRENGE, KANSAS.

Iicters fuient No. 74,687, datati February 18, `1868.. i

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Be it known `that I, JOHN HIDDEN, of Lawrence, in the'r'co'unty ofDouglas, and in the State of Kansas, have invented a' new nd useful Improvement in Wind-Wheels, which may be applied to water-wheels submerged in a. stream` of running water; and I do hereby 'dechire that the following isv n full, clear, und exactdescription thereof, referendo being hud to the annexed drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure' I is uplnn or top view of n. wndswheel, showing my improvement, and i Figure l is an 'elevation of the seine. E i y y v The nature `of my invention consists in the ndaptn-tion .to the vaneygovernng the whecl,`of a. deilectingwing,`so that the wind muy bekept off the wingslon the returning side, and made to ect on the wings as or "a little'before they pziss the centro of the wheel,townrds the direction in which' thcwind-is blowing, the sains being an improvement on :t wind-wheel already patented. ,Y Y

In the drawings, A A is a. frame, erected on orferming part of the structure composing the mill. E is u vertical shaft or spindle, stepped in the lowest part of the frame, :ind forming the axis of two circular rims, C C, one" above theothelybetween which are the wings D D D, fast `uponvertiezrl spindles a a a, which revolve in hearings in the rims C C. The centralV `spindle B extends above-'the upper rim C, and bears o. drum, E, which is loose, and free to lrevolve upon itt; Attached to thisdrum, so as to be fust upon it, is

by the shifting,l of the wind, it carries the drum E round with it. The drum may be of any diameter, to accord with the sizeand power of the wind-wheel, and muy have any number of cogs or teeth, I), upon its perimeter. In thevdrcwin-g, -four teeth are shown. v'Ihe spindles a, of the wings D also extend above theV upper rim C, and support at their upper ends pulleys or wheels GG G, which. are exnctly twice the diameter of the ,drum E, and have euch twice 'the number of'teeth b on their perimeters, of the sani-c shape and size as the teeth on the drum. The wheel G is of double face, und has two -gows of cogs, I), one exactly over the other. All the -wheels G G are s'o secured upon their spindles a by a screw and nut, that*v the wings may be turned, and set es desired, without causing the wheehto revolve. An endless chain, c, connects the drum E and the wheel G', whilevancthcr endless ohaiindr extends around, and connects all the wheels G G. V'lhe chains c and d communicate motion between the wheels by inenlns of the cogs b, which also prevent the chains' from 4`slipping:r down or around the Y wheels G.'

For the proper action of the wind-wheel, the' wings D are so set by the 'screws und Anuts on their spindles, that' while they nre on -one side .of the vane F, supposing this to be fixed in one ldirection `by the action of the wind, their planes shall be parallel with it, and edgewise to the wind.` Now, asgthe drum E is one-half the dinin-A cter of the wheels Gr, it is evident that-the wings, while, making helfof the circuit around the central spindle B, will ineke o. quarter revolution on their own spindles, a, so that' when they arrive opposite tlie'side on which p' they were parallel with the vane, they will stond at right angles with rit,nnd their broad surfaces will be pre'- sented to the wind, thc-endless chain'd,'snrrounding und connecting the wheels G, preserving,r 'the relative positions of` the wings with euch othcr,.while the endless chain c preserves their relative positions with regard to the vane F, however it muy be shifted with the wind. A brake, not shownl in the drawing, muy be applied to the lower rim G of the wheel, in any manner known to mechanics, so that the wheel muy be retarded or checked i-n its retntionwhen necessary; and when it is found expedientV to have the wheel et rest for any length ci'l time, for repairs or other purposes, the nuts onlthe-tops of the 'spindles (t muy be loosed, and the wings all turned, so as to present their edges tothe wind,in which position they will heA kept by the vane, as vthey will,

through thc endlesstchuins, be always kept parallel with it, until it'is required to'chztnge them again..`

To the end of thestem of the vanc which points to the quarter from which the wind blows is attached an arm, il, forming en angle of :iboutsixty degrees with the stenn'imd-supporting. nt its outer extremity the upper benrngof the spindle e of the delecting-wing I. 'ihe foot of the spindle is stepped in the lower end of the bruce f, firmly attached to und descending from the` end of thestem of the vene. A screw and nut on the top of the spindle secure` the deflectingfwing `from vurying'its position when. placed at` any angle with the direcl A the stem of the vene F, 'so'constructed as to'bc alwysfrectobe kept by the wind in :Lplnne parallel with its direction, and es it revolves tion of the wind. This position will he determined by the forejerof the wind, andwill be sueltas to break ofi` lname, this 21st dny of March, 1867.

the wind frein thel winds that are movin', up edgewise towards the wind, and deect it against the fnll fnc'e of A n a the wings as they pass from behind 'the protection '0I the detlectoi; I.

The arrangement hei-ein desci'ibed, of Wings', vane, ard deflecnor, 'may he adapt-cil, with slightmodifications7 Adne to' the difference in elements, tewater-wheels, constructed in n snhstztntially'similax' manner, und submerged in n stream of running water. A

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to s'ccuic by Letters Patent, i s- V l The combination of the adjustable d'cliectoz' I with the vane F, drum E, wings and spindles D and n., wheels G and chains c and d, substantially as described. A

In testimony thzit I claim the above-described improvement in wind-wheels, I have hereuntq signed my :DUN HLDDENL Witnesses:

E. D. LADD, JOHN liom'on.4 

